Fears Rise That Cop27 App Could Be Used By Egypt To Monitor Regime Critics Cop27
The revelation, as more than 25,000 heads of state, diplomats, negotiators, journalists and activists from around the world gather for a climate summit starting in Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday, has raised concerns that Egypt’s authoritarian regime could used an official platform for a United Nations event to monitor and harass attendees and critical domestic voices. The official Cop27 app, which has already been downloaded more than 5,000 times, requires users to scan permissions before installing it, including allowing Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to view emails, scan photos and identify locations of users, an expert who analyzed it for the Guardian....